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Published 5:30 am, Tuesday, March 28, 2006

UKRAINE

Candidate rallies against winner

KIEV - Corruption allegations, a faltering economy and failure to raise living standards cost the founders of the Orange Revolution at the polls Sunday. Ukraine's heroine of the 2004 mass protests,
Yulia Tymoshenko
, called on her former ally, President
Viktor Yushchenko
, to rejoin her in a coalition to keep the pro-Moscow candidate,
Viktor Yanukovych
, out of power even though he got the most votes in the parliamentary elections. But Yushchenko said he's keeping his options open and will talk with Yanukovych, whose ballot-stuffing bid to win the presidency triggered the protests.

LITHUANIA

Nazi aide won't do time, judge rules

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VILNIUS - An 85-year-old Lithuanian deported from Florida was convicted of helping Nazis murder Jews during World War II, but the judge said the man was too frail to go to prison. The

Vilnius District Court
said Algimantas Dailide helped round up Jews as part of the Nazi-backed security police during World War II. Dailide, who traveled willingly from his current home in Germany to stand trial, denied the charges.

BRITAIN

LONDON - Britain helped the CIA capture two British nationals in Africa who were later taken to the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, the BBC said Monday, citing secret telegrams it reportedly obtained. Iraqi-born
Bisher al-Rawi
and
Jamil el-Banna
are alleged to have been associated with al-Qaida through their connection with London-based Muslim cleric
Abu Qatada
.

PHILIPPINES

Store explosion kills 9 people

MANILA - A powerful explosion in a grocery store on a volatile island in the southern Philippines killed nine people Monday, and police said an extortion attempt by suspected militants was likely behind the bombing. The provincial police chief in Jolo said an extortion letter was found at a nearby drug store shortly before the blast.

EGYPT

Baby who had second head dies

CAIRO - A baby girl, who underwent surgery last year to remove a second head that shared a blood vessel with her brain, died Saturday of a severe infection.
Manar Maged
would have turned 2 on Thursday.